Rothstein Gang

The Rothstein Gang was a Jewish-American organized crime syndicate that operated out of New York City, New York from the 1910s to the 1920s. Led by the wealthy gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein, the gang's famous members included Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Bugsy Siegel, and the organization rivaled Salvatore Maranzano and Joe Masseria for control of the bootlegging industry in New York. In 1920, the organization briefly went to war with Enoch Thompson's Atlantic City organization due to a misunderstanding resulting from Jimmy Darmody and Al Capone's hijacking of one of Arnold Rothstein's shipments in Hammonton, New Jersey, but Thompson brokered peace with Rothstein with the help of Johnny Torrio of the Chicago Outfit. Rothstein refused to take part in the war between Thompson and a rebellious Darmody in 1921, and Rothstein became a close business partner of Thompson in the following years. On 31 December 1922, Thompson announced that Rothstein would be his only customer for alcohol, and that all other buyers would have to buy the liquor through Rothstein. This move led to war between Masseria's henchman Gyp Rosetti and Atlantic City, and Rothstein's convoys were blocked by Rosetti and his men. Mickey Doyle failed to break the blockade, and only Rosetti's assassination ended the blockade. Rothstein's death in 1927 led to the end of the gang, and Luciano would work for Masseria, while Lansky and Siegel would found Murder, Inc..